Knickers and Pants
The conversation in theatres went like this. ‘Can you please remove your knickers?’. The answer, ‘you mean underwear?, you may wear knickers but I certainly don’t’. Oops. There are instances Continue Reading →
Tag: At Work
Last day as an obstetric anaesthetist
I’ve just said goodbye to my labour ward colleagues, a part of my life that began 31 years ago. My anaesthetic career started a little bit longer than that. My Continue Reading →
House officer jobs
The adenoids are bleeding a bit. The patient has just had her tonsils out and the surgeon is trying to stem the ooze. He thinks it is the suctioning that Continue Reading →
Back in KGH
I am glad the council sorted out our local road and footpaths earlier this year. If they had left it for a little while longer we would have had to Continue Reading →
My Covid-19 diary- second week
My normal daily routine has gone out the window and I am lacking the motivation to even get out of bed these days. I need to get back into gear Continue Reading →
A minute’s silence and Covid-19
I wake up before my alarm goes off. I keep doing this on the days I’m due to go in for work. It looks gloomy and grey outside and is Continue Reading →
More Covid diaries
“It looks like your drip has tissued”, Molly tells me. I am scrubbed and ready to site my spinal block for the fourth Caesarean section of the day. She was Continue Reading →
Hope in the time of COVID-19
The sound of fireworks and distant banging noises make me reach for my phone to check the time. It is exactly 8pm and for the second Thursday in a row Continue Reading →
Covid-19 Diary: week 3
The clocks have gone forward, the sun is out, the daffodils are withering and the cherry blossoms are shedding their confetti. Spring is officially here, the air cool and we Continue Reading →
My Covid-19 diary- second week
My normal daily routine has gone out the window and I am lacking the motivation to even get out of bed these days. I need to get back into gear Continue Reading →
